Basic camping equipment suggestions?

[HenryXVI]

campstove, vitamins, cloves (don't use nature as an excuse to start smokin 'gain)..

...mosquito nets, portable stereo with tasteful music selectionz, (sigur ros, boards of canada, beck, richard wagner)...

...portable power supply, space heater....

...trail mix, summer sausage, shitty crackers (the trees know your shit, for realz). edit: What I mean is, be aware of the consequences of dumping toxic alcohol ridden bile in the wilderness, skynet will send terminators after you!

edit: You can buy or make a food-evaporator for longer excursions.

Camping + North-Western Ontario = FTW!

 

[ChickenScratch]

^chairs are bulky and hard to carry.

if you have a thermarest, these fuckers rule:

also, fuck a flashlight, a headlamp is a necessity. and so is whiskey.

 

[batmanplaybaseball]

^chairs are bulky and hard to carry. you can sit on a large rock, dry grass or gravel, or just throw down a blanket

or if you have to bring a cooler (which I usually consider necessary to keep my beer cold, lol) you can just sit on your cooler!

I thought he said he was driving to his spot. But yeah, for backpacking/hiking, most chairs are going to be way too cumbersome for their payoff.

 

[MazDan]

I have wanted to try it for some time too....its been a long time for me since I did the primative thing. I have never set a snare in my live for rabbit fishing and hunting, gathering edible plants though I can do. I really love being out where you have to rely on yourself. I camp for fun mostly. there is somthing to be said for having a real shitter and clean water at a camp ground but I would love to give a real survival situation a crack sometime just to see if I could do it without S&R have to come and find me.

you are totally right about it being a sad thing that less people do it these days. The reason we have game to hunt is because the hunters pay for wildlife conservation via hunting licenses and game tags. the reason we have land to camp on is because people who like to do so pay for land conservation and improvements. the more people we can get to enjoy the outdoor activities the more funds will be available for keeping the forests from becoming parking lots.

The only issue I see is that you are in AUZ...I would be lost trying to find food and water there without help. we live in totally different worlds. you would totally own me out there. here in the foot hills of the Appilations I could get it done but out there...I would have to stay in the camp grounds

Nah I doubt being in a new environment would make much difference really. Head down for water and use your brains about the animals. In Australia there really are not that many animals that can actively seek you out to do damage such as a bear or Lion etc.
Toughest thing to learn is how to catch a roo if you need to get a lift somewhere. But once you have mastered that its pretty easy.
I guess a bit of reading on the local native fruits etc might help as well.
But you wouldnt just go anywhere, you would go into a place that gave a fair chance such as I described above where there are plenty of trout, rabbits and fresh berries avaiable.